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Hmm.. and some people think sex education is the answer? Children have been getting sex education for years and years now. Come on people! Don't kid yourselves! Has the rate of teenage pregnancies gone down? Have you been able to show that kids are being more responsible now that they are more informed? This situation is similar to the results the U.S. government got with the "Just Say NO!" campaign -knowledge about drugs only made kids more interested in taking drugs. That campaign was a big failure, and only ended up in more kids using drugs.
This is what happens when people insist on providing sex education to young kids- they miss the part about protection, birth control,etc. and just hear about "If you're going to have sex.."
I wonder if anyone has bothered to look at communities where teenage sexuality and pregnancy are actively discouraged. I am 100% positive that the rates of sexual activity and teenage pregnancy are nowhere close to what they are in "more modern" communities. That is because the only thing that will help decrease the number of teenage pregnancies is to decrease the number of teenagers having sex. It's a simple equation, and one long due in coming.
